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After a perilous mission to a huge asteroid, a crew returns to its space station, unaware a bit of ooze from the asteroid clings to a crewman's uniform. The green goop grows - into murderous, tentacled monsters. And as station members fight to live, gunk from the monsters' wounds turns into more monsters! That's the story. Now enjoy as our heroes fight to preserve Earth and, unintentionally, our own senses of humor with a movie that Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called "one of the funniest made-in-Japan sci-fi monster movies ever." Kinji Fukasaku, whose later work was championed by Quentin Tarantino, directs. The world would be a far more bleak and joyless place without marvels like The Green Slime.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Will you believe it when you're dead? ... Green Sliiiiiiiiiimme!..."
November 25, 2010
Format:DVD
I ordered this directly through the Warner Archive site
and received it a few days ago. (Pricey!) Anyway, I'm glad
to finally have this among my Japanese monster collection.
This film creeped me out as a kid when I first saw it in
theaters, mainly because the creatures were just too weird.
It's goofy, cheesy, and a lot of fun - with a plot that
predates 'Armageddon' as astronauts attempt to blow up
an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. They do so,
but end up contaminating their space station Gamma III
(an extremely low-budget plastic toy obviously inspired
by '2001', which was still popular at the time) with the
titular crud that spawns the space monsters. I wouldn't
be surprised if this, in some goofy way, also influenced
'Aliens'. The film was made in conjunction with Japan's
Toei studio and directed by their ace 'yakuza' director
Kinji Fukusaku, who recently found renewed fame with his
'Battle Royale' series of films. The quality of this disc
is miles ahead of its vhs counterpart (the only other one
in existence) and is widescreen - though there's no extras
and no chapter stops. I believe that's typical for Warner
Archive editions. You may want to wait for the price to
drop however.
and received it a few days ago. (Pricey!) Anyway, I'm glad
to finally have this among my Japanese monster collection.
This film creeped me out as a kid when I first saw it in
theaters, mainly because the creatures were just too weird.
It's goofy, cheesy, and a lot of fun - with a plot that
predates 'Armageddon' as astronauts attempt to blow up
an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. They do so,
but end up contaminating their space station Gamma III
(an extremely low-budget plastic toy obviously inspired
by '2001', which was still popular at the time) with the
titular crud that spawns the space monsters. I wouldn't
be surprised if this, in some goofy way, also influenced
'Aliens'. The film was made in conjunction with Japan's
Toei studio and directed by their ace 'yakuza' director
Kinji Fukusaku, who recently found renewed fame with his
'Battle Royale' series of films. The quality of this disc
is miles ahead of its vhs counterpart (the only other one
in existence) and is widescreen - though there's no extras
and no chapter stops. I believe that's typical for Warner
Archive editions. You may want to wait for the price to
drop however.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape|Amazon Verified Purchase
Richard Jaeckel was great.. courteous to the extras, acted well. Better production values than "King Kong Escapes" One of the better Japanese science fiction movies.
Little known fact.. the actor playing the monster in the green slime also played Godzilla in the 1960's Godzilla movies.
(An extra)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The folks at Warner Archive need to be thanked for the wonderful job they have done in finally releasing this classic on DVD! The color and sound are great and the widescreen presentation is even better than I had hoped for. Goodbye VHS! The acting in this film ranges from awful to non-existent, the special effects budget was probably about $2.95 and that theme song....! But this one's a favorite. I loved it when I was a kid and I love it even more now. But please don't remake it. I don't think anyone in film today could do it justice. This is classic 1960's "B" sci-fi. Let's just keep on enjoying it as it is. Five stars.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Great old movie! Fun to watch, okay for kids to see, cheesy effects and acting, goofy monsters, and simple plot.
Published 1 month ago by Kevin Carson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Japanese spaghetti western set in outer space
This is so campy it great. A Japanese spaghetti western set in outer space. A movie i remember when my dad took me to when I was 8 years old. what memories!! Read more
Published 2 months ago by jhoscout
4.0 out of 5 stars
Did you see that cover? What a great cover!
And the cover is truth in advertising in this case. What you see is mostly what you get with green gobs of goo growing into grotesqueries of gaggling, gurgling monoclops tentacled... Read more
Published 2 months ago by THowerton
5.0 out of 5 stars
“Nothing exciting ever happens around here..........what the devil is...
This is an undisputed masterpiece of absurdity. I don’t know if it was the filmmakers intention to create such a hilarious sci-fi adventure flick or if it was just a happy... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Einsatz
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favourite old movies
I've been dying to see this movie for ages and ages and this DVD didn't disappoint. Fun, fun, fun. I highly recommend it to anyone considering looking for this movie.
Published 3 months ago by John in Adelaide
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Green Slime Is A Great Low Budget Sci Fi Drive In Type Movie
I'm not going to bother going into the story line, because everybody else did it already. I happen to love this genre, so it was my kind of thing. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Monkey Bucket
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Green Slime -- Come and Get Slimed!
With an opening premise straight out of "Armageddon" or "Deep Impact" -- aided by a Jimi Hendrix-alike rocker singing the film's theme song -- the situation takes a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Don E. Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cheesy Sc-Fi at it's best
Good old cheesy sci-fi restored to it's original glory. When an asteroid is hurtling towards earth (sound familiar? Read more
Published 6 months ago by Joleene Naylor
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Green Slime (Remaster)
This movie brought back lots of fun memories when I was growing up. This was one of the many SCI-FI movies of the time !!
Published 6 months ago by David Roman
5.0 out of 5 stars
A guilty pleasure
This is probably your typical "B" movie with cheap effects and cheesy lines but I still love it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Katrina
